And the Beat Goes on....

Thanks to all of you... ...who continue to perpetuate our political morass. Did you hear Joe Biden the other day? The government has to spend money to keep from going bankrupt. You know, the Joe Biden who made more than $250K annually and was quite "frugal," shall we say, in making charitable contributions. And how about this health care bill, which already passed the House Committees, but hasn't been written yet? Isn't that great?!?! Our Congressmen and Senators are going to vote on a bill, trillions of dollars are involved, hundreds of millions of citizens are going to be (adversely) affected by it, and these guys haven't read it yet!!!! Hey, didn't they do the same thing with the bailout money to the financials? Yep, they expressed outrage at the bonuses the financials CEOs were given with bailout bucks, but right in the bill they passed were the provisions for such bonuses. Hmmmm. I guess we can conclude one of several things. One, they are stupid and can't read. Two, they didn't bother reading it. Three, they read it and agreed with the bonuses. Four, they didn't think the bonuses were such a big deal. Five, all of these. Yet, let's send the same people and same types of people (namely Dems and Reps) back to do our bidding for us.Do you know part of the bill that has been written will require you to prove you have private care insurance by such and such a date and, if you don't, you'll be penalized/fined thousands of dollars? Have you read about the Hamilton, Ontario young woman who couldn't get into a hospital in Canada and had to go to Buffalo, NY for her delivery, one that save her child's life? That was only a few days ago. Yep, let's go like Canada and Britain and Germany and France....One of the arguments for health care by the federal government (great bumper sticker I've seen: Believe the federal government? Ask a Native American!) is the longer life spans in Europe, supposed due to their vaunted government health care. But if we include just white Americans in the comparison, life spans in the US compare very, very favorably to those in Europe. Minorities have other problems in this nation, e.g., higher incidents of hypertension, that lead to shorter life spans--health care has little to do with it. And, of course, can we also compare obesity rates with the Europeans????Ah, I'm getting a headache when I should be watching American Idol. But, before I leave, remember Pastor Niemoeller's words (Oh, I forgot--history isn't important.). Out....
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